And now we need our heavy winter coats to go to work. And boots. (Unless you want to high-step to the car through the few inches of snow on the ground.) Everyone has done the winter high step, haven’t they?

You don’t need a scarf, although you can choose to wear one if you like a little color in your day.

If you wear boots to work, be sure to bring a pair of shoes. Take off the boots and put on the shoes before you tramp snow all over your workplace. Please.

What else might you need in your car, besides your briefcase?

C’mon now, I know you won’t forget.

YOUR CAMERA.

Don’t forget to take your camera. You never know when an albino deer might decide to slide across the road in front of your car and you’ll have time to grab the camera and pull it out of its case and throw the lens cap in the air and unlock the lens and–don’t forget to turn the camera on–hey, wait, where was that albino deer anyway?

Never mind. It’s a white winter world, Charlie Brown. The white albino deer would just look like more white.

I’m not much hunter–or a meat eater–although I do adore some people in my life who choose to hunt. I wish the albino buck was still running wild in the woods. I wish it would run free and white in front of my car some day, and the car would miss it, but the camera lens would not.)

Off to work now! Oh, guess what, the husband scraped off the car! Good man. (I do that for him some days. On the days he works and I don’t sometimes I put on Grandma’s snowmobile suit from 1969 and run outside in the frosty cold and scrape.)

Still can’t decide about boots. Maybe high-steppin’ will work this morning…

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I live in the middle of the woods in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Next to Lake Superior's cold shores. I love to blog.

The way the trees are bending over and the foggy air, cause me to think it’s a wet snow and pretty mild to boot. Oh it does look lovely.

What a pity that someone saw something rare and beautiful and chose to kill it. Ya gotta wonder where testosterone takes some men. I too am not opposed to survival hunting,, but shooting an albino deer is pathetic.

Wow! It’s amazing how the weather can be so drastically different from one part of the state to another! Down here, we’ve only seen snow one day so far, and it didn’t stick. Your photo shows how beautiful winter is (I just don’t like driving on frozen roads)! My husband usually cleans off the car for me before I have to go to work – he’s a stay-at-home dad, so that’s part of his job! 😉

Give your husband a “high-five” from me, Holly! Tell him he’s cool. We were amazed, when we moved up here, the differences between here and the Lower. It can be a little more challenging at times, that’s for sure.

Lovely snowy morning greeting you Kathy! Killing an albino deer almost seems unholy doesn’t it? I recall seeing an albino squirrel once from out my apartment window. At first I thought it was a cat and then identified it. I took it to mean it was an omen that I was to have a good day.
All day things fell apart around me at work, but I remained separate from it. That evening in the paper I came upon a photo of an albino squirrel. Cutting it out and placing it in my journal, I knew that it was confirmation of my gift from the universe that day.
I vote for boots to keep your toes warm and dry!

Be careful high-stepping to the car Kathy..don’t slip and fall. And be careful driving on the snow covered roads. Couldn’t stop the visual of you driving in the car, looking out for the albino deer and upon seeing him, you grab the camera, throw off the lens cap, and unlock the lens all while driving! I love to see your photos but please don’t risk your safety.

Oh yes…definitely can relate to the high stepping through snow and stomping feet once inside. Heck, even kicking feet along the car door to knock snow off so it’s not all dropping onto the car floor. There’s no need for high stepping here though…the ground is bare and dry as a bone, which is fine with me! 🙂

Yes, indeed! I high-step very carefully. Very, very carefully. Don’t worry, wouldn’t risk safety. OK, not usually. An albino deer might be reason…no, no. And especially never if another car were within eyeshot. No.

Your snow is lovely. I’m waiting not-so-patiently for ours, but I suppose no amount of impatience will speed things up. I’m not sure a scarf is optional, however, I KNOW the camera isn’t 😉 Be careful out there!

I hate the thought of Hunting Kathy,… shooting with a camera sounds a more fulfilling sport… and what a wonderful Winter Wonderland picture captured above… I heard a saying the other day… There’s no wrong weather.. we just have to wear the right clothes… So boots on for me I think.. xPenx

SuZen, isn’t it lovely when we can sit inside in a cozy warm house, maybe draped in an afghan or blanket, with a good book, and watch the snow lazily fall? I’m enjoying that right now. I mean…signing off for a while because that book is calling.

Hey, be prepared next time and get the camera out of the case, lens cap off and lens unlocked BEFORE you leave for work or home and place it where you can grab it at a moments notice. My commute does not have many photographic moments.

I LOVE my picture of the snowy trees, Scott! Gosh, I did not read your last sentence until now. I could have lightened it up in the photo-editing software, but loved the gray heavy beautiful way it felt.

But will go and read your snow photography suggestions again and will perhaps try to remember them.

I do not unlock the camera before leaving home because–mostly–six days out of seven–there’s nothing to photograph. And don’t want to put everything back together again. Sigh. Conundrum.

Darn it! **smile** Yep, that snow will be coming soon. My advice about photographing snow is to photograph it while the sun shines. Unfortunately, I do not take my own advice. (That’s because who’s going to wait around for the sun?)

Such a pretty picture! It seems to have come on quickly – Winter – once it decided to appear. I feel unprepared so I’m glad you made a list of necessities up there! I’m watching a pot of pink mums putting forth their second blooming as the snow falls outside … I want to put one perfect pink blossom next to the albino deer …

It is white here, too. The browns disappeared on Wednesday. I dread it each Fall and start really hating it about February … so, I could not believe that I was actually driving home tonight wishing I had my camera to take some pictures of the white stuff. There is beauty there (like your picture shows) that sparkles when it first shows up in November … the beauty of it does tend to fade with age, though. I look forward to a few snowy pictures early this season … but, will be more happy when I am taking pictures of the melting puddles in April and May.

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